510 Quotes by Roald Dahl

Now look at me,” Mrs Wormwood said. “Then look at you. You chose books. I chose looks.

It is almost worth going away because it’s so lovely coming back.

It seemed to be suspended by some invisible thread, like a toy bird hanging from the ceiling.

If you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it.

This, he thought, is what hell must be like. Hell without heat. There was something unholy about it all, something unbelievably diabolical.

What a nice child she is, Miss Honey thought. I don’t care what her father said about her, she seems very quiet and gentle to me. And not a bit stuck up in spite of her brilliance.

Me is the only one what won’t be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants.

I am not, of course, telling you for one second that your teacher actually is a witch. All I am saying is that she might be one. It is most unlikely. But – and here comes the big “but” – it is not impossible.

She decided that every time her father or her mother was beastly to her, she would get her own back in some way or another. A small victory or two would help her to tolerate their idiocies and would stop her from going crazy.